A botanical pioneer in South West China. Experiences and impressions of an Austrian botanist during the First World War
[Essex: David Winstanley, 2001]. Second printing of a print on demand monograph; 4to, pp. [10], xv, [1], 192; frontis portrait, 48 illustrations from photographs and seven maps; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. First published as "Naturbilder aus Sudwest China" in 1927. "A contemporary of Forrest and Kingdon-Ward, Heinrich-Mazzetti was a distinguished Austrian botanist who accompanied Camillo Schneider on a plant-hunting journey to Yunnan in 1914. Stranded by the outbreak of war, he spent five seasons exploring, surveying, and collecting botanical material - over 13,000 specimens in all... This new edition, in English, contains much fresh material about his life and personality." Item #72396
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